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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/22What-Parents-Rail-Against-Common-Core-Math-259363861.html

Here you go.[/quote]

OK, I read the article. The article is about parents who have problems with math that school districts call Common Core math. There is no reference in that article to even one single Common Core math standard. Here again is a link to the Common Core math standards:

http://www.corestandards.org/Math/

(I am not the PP who previously linked to the Common Core standards.) [/quote]

OMFG, I knew you were going here, even while I was reading the article.

How did I know that? Because Common Core is about ultimately control, about taking power away from the parents in order to gain control over students. A true educator would care if parents were experiencing issues when their children came to them for help with basic mathematics. An educator who wants parents to 'butt out' (and I'm being nice) of their child's education would respond EXACTLY as you have.[/quote]

huh?[/quote]

Let's make this simple for you. Parents should be an active part of their child's education, including helping them with homework when the child asks - agree or disagree? [/quote]

Sure but that hasn't changed for us under Common Core.    [/quote]

It hasn't? Then why are children coming home telling their parents their teachers are telling them they cannot ask for homework help from parents? [/quote]

That hasn't happened at our school.  In fact my daughter's teacher emailed me to let me know something I could work on with her at home. I have no idea what you are talking about.[/quote]

I've had family members in northern states report their kids have said that parents aren't allowed to help with homework because 'they won't understand it'. My guess is they don't want the complaints and want to keep parents in the dark.

In addition, there are numerous articles about parents not being able to help their kids due to the common core changes. Look it up.[/quote]

not our experience and frankly I don't give a shit - I'll help as I see fit.[/quote]

Enjoy the eventual backlash.[/quote]

Okay.  I don't foresee a problem though.  As I said my daughter's teacher has sent home work for us to work on.  I have heard NOTHING from any other parents in MCPS about not being allowed to help with homework.  At a certain point I think its better to let the kids work on it themselves but we aren't quite there yet with DD.[/quote]

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